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1 8naw150nrhanksite ((HANKSITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, 7.5 x 5.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, A large double terminated Hanksite which is a borate. This is water soluble and should not be washed. Overtime these loose the water part of their composition and should be periodically coated with some mineral oil to maintain them. For long term storage some mineral oil and then put the crystal in a zip lock bag works best for long term non display storage.

2 8naw918irspyrite ((PYRITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Mina Victoria, Navajun, La Rioja, Spain, 6 x 6 x 5 cm, Miniature, 2.3 x 2.3 x 2 cm cube of flawless, highly lustrous, sharp edged Pyrite on a Marl matrix. There is another 5 mm cube to the right rear of the main crystal. The small crystal has a small corner chip. Specimen also sits perfectly for display.

3 8naw906osprehnite ((PREHNITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Bendoukou, Sandare District, Kayes Region, Mali, 8 x 7 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large botryoidal green Mali Prehnite. No damage.

4 8naw923esheulandite ((HEULANDITE on MORDENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Wani, Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, India, 8 x 4 x 3 cm, cabinet, Here is an above average lustrous undamaged pearly tannish Heulandite from Aurangabad.

5 8naw911gsstellerite ((STELLERITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Valunj Basalt Quarry, Aurangabad, Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, India, 7 x 6 x 5 cm, cabinet, Here is an undamaged salmon colored cluster of Stellerite crystals on white matrix. Stilbite and Stellerite are very similar. These are labeled Stellerite the more uncommon mineral. These are terminated and double terminated and the termination has a small flat surface which suggests Stellerite instead of a pointed termination which suggests Stilbite.

6 8naw916irslazulite ((LAZULITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada, 5 x 5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen of large lustrous dark blue crystals of Lazulite with only minimal minor chipping of edges on a few crystals.

7 8naw040irsmimetite ((MIMETITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, San Pedro Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico, 7.5 x 5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen of undamaged botryoidal (grape like) clusters of Mimetite from this classic Mimetite location.

8 8naw914asvanadinite ((VANADINITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Pure Potential Mine, aka North Geronimo Mine, La Paz County, Arizona, 8 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen red orange barrel shaped crystals of Vanadinite. There are some missing crystals broken at the bases on the specimen but overall not too bad.

9 8naw085inauri ((AURICHALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Schell Creek Range, Nevada, 8.5 x 6 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a reference specimen of Aurichalcite from Nevada.

10 8naw910osadamite ((ADAMITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 6.5 x 6 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Intergrown wheels of Adamite. There is contacting on the top of the crystals in two places and contacted matrix on the top of another.

11 8naw905irsamazonite ((MICROCLINE variety AMAZONITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Last Chance Pocket, Smoky Hawk Mine, Florissant, Teller County, Colorado, 5 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Dark blue green to blue color on this Amazonite. One termination faces looks abit like it was cleaved. But if so, it looks old with regrowth from when in the pocket.

12 8naw063inschorl ((SCHORL)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Erongo Massif, Omaruru District, Namibia, 5 x 5 x 4.5 cm, Miniature, Black Tourmaline is also known as Schorl. Here is a neat specimen which is double terminated and has an intrecate multi parallel growth crystals. A couple of areas of contact or damage but overall minimal. Lustrous and black Erongo Schorl.

13 8naw117nrtwin ((QUARTZ japan twin)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Tentadora Mine, Huancavelica, Peru, 10 x 5 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Other than a couple missing Quartz crystals front right, this specimen is undamaged. The Japan Law twinned Quartz crystals display beautifully. The Quartz crystals are colorless and lustrous on the back and frosted on the front side which adds to the aesthetics of the specimen.

14 8naw920xxbrochan ((BROCHANTITE, FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Blanchard Claims, Bingham, Socorro County, New Mexico, 5.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Needles of green Brochantite make up the acicular sprays. Also associated Fluorite which is a more bluish purple color than in the photos.

15 8naw050nsgypsum ((GYPSUM)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 4.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a superb undamaged Gypsum specimen from Canada. The crystals are lustrous, gemmy and undamaged.

16 8naw921xxchalcan ((CHALCANTHITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Volyn Region, Ukraine Republic, 2.3 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a dark blue specimen of Ukraine Chalcanthite. Chalcanthite is copper sulphate and is water soluble. I have not seen these around previously and it is a fine thumbnail with stout crystals.

17 8naw079niarseno ((ARSENOPYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Cheng Zhu City, Hunan Province, China, 6 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a fine Chinese Arsenopyrite with a large main crystal and many smaller crystals make up the base. There have been lots of great Chinese Arsenopyrites during the last 5 to 10 years. They have not disappeared yet but many specimens seem to be in abundance until one day they dry up and are only found in collections.

18 8naw042ascarrollite ((CARROLLITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Shinkolobwe Mine, Shaba, Democratic Republic of Congo, 8.5 x 6 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Calcite matrix with a vug containing lustrous undamaged crystals of the rarer mineral Carrollite. One crystal has some contact from a another crystal but is undamaged.

19 8naw919xxbarite ((BARITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Pack Rat Mine, Carbon County, Montana, 5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Undamaged brown crystals of Barite from Montana.

20 kmr ((PICROLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, PA/MD Materials Quarry, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 10.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Here is a green curved Picrolite from Pennsylvania's Lancaster County.

21 kmr ((KYANITE in SCHIST)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Prospect Park, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, 8 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Pennsylvanian Kyanite.

22 kmr ((DOLOMITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Burkholders Quarry, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 8 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet Nice curved saddle back pinkish Dolomite crystals on matrix.

23 kmr ((CALCITE twins)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Hanover Quarry, Adams County, Pennsylvania, 10 x 6 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Many twinned Calcite crystals on matrix. One crystal has a gouge but the others are undamaged.

24 kmr ((RUTILE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Pequea, Silver Mine, Conestoga, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 11 x 5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a 1.5 cm Rutile on a matrix of Muscovite and Quartz.

25 kmr ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Winfield Quarry, Union County, Pennsylvania, 10 x 6.5 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, A limestone vug filled with yellow scalenohedral Calcite crystals. Back of specimen is sawn in several places.

26 kmr ((CHABAZITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Dyer Quarry, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 8 x 7 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Cube like white crystals of Chabazite from Berks County, Pennsylvania.	,

27 kmr ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Delta Carbonate Stone Quarry, York, York County, Pennsylvania, 10 x 7 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a lustrous Calcite on a matrix of smaller crystals. The main crystal is undamaged except for a couple of minor nicks on the back of the edge.

28 kmr ((DOLOMITE, CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Oak Hall Quarry, Center County, Pennsylvania, 8 x 7 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Undamaged specimen of pinkish Dolomite with some lustrous gemmy small colorless Calcite crystals.

29 kmr ((CHROME ANTIGORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Woods Chrome Mine, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 11 x 8 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Purple Antigorite colored from the Chrome.

30 kmr ((PYRITE in SCHIST)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Lincoln Jr Hight School, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 11 x 7 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Two cubic sharp undamaged Pyrite crystals in a schist matrix. The Pyrite crystals have a slight oxidized patina. NOTE: This is actually two specimens on the schist that have been offset and glued together.

31 kmir ((CELESTINE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Meckley's Quarry, Mandata, Northcumberland County, Pennsylvania, 6.5 x 5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Blocky terminated Celestine crystals from Meckley's Quarry.

32 kmr ((LAUMONTITE, PREHNITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Silver Hill Quarry, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 7 x 7 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Specimen with a thin layer of green Prehnite covered with terminated Laumontite crystals.

33 kmr ((FOSSIL TRILOBITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Cryptolythus bellulus, Ordovician, Martinsburg Formation, Swatara Gap, Pennsylvania, 6.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm, Cabinet, complete Trilobite from the now closed location. The left spine disappears into the matrix shale but the right spine can be seen.Both eye bumps are present and the spot on the photo that looks like a chip is not nearly as bad in person as it might look in the photo.

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35 kmr ((DOLOMITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Blue Ball Stone Company Quarry, Blue Ball, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 3.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, A miniature specimen of Dolomite from Blue Ball.

36 kmr ((CLINOCHLORE variety PENNINE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Brinton's Quarry, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 2.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Lustrous black Pennine that closely resembles Biotite. Classic PA location for this uncommon and rarely seen mineral.

37 kmr ((DOLOMITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Binkley & Ober Quarry, East Petersburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 12 x 8 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Cabinet sized specimen with saddle back salmon colored Dolomite crystals.

38 kmr ((PHANTOM CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Weaverland Quarry, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 4 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, A Pennsylvanian Calcite with clearly visable Phantoms.

39 kmr ((GOETHITE pseudomorph after PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Fruitville Pike, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 3.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, A nicely formed Pennsylvanian pseudomorph from Lancaster County.

40 kmir ((GYPSUM)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Meckley's Quarry, Mandata, Northcumberland County, Pennsylvania, 3 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Thumbnail to small Miniature, Cute terminated Gypsum perched on a matrix covered with small colorless Calcite crystals.

41 kmr ((CHALCOPYRITE on CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Weaverland Quarry, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 13 x 8 x 5 cm, Cabinet, A larger scalenohedral Calcite with multiple terminations on one side and a cluster of Chalcopyrite crystals on a couple of the faces.

42 kmr ((PICROLITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, PA/MD Materials Quarry, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 16 x 10 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large specimen of Picrolite from Pennsylvania's Lancaster County.

43 09btcrar ((CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE, MAGNETITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, French Creek Mines, St Peters, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 7 x 6.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a classic Pennsylvania location for Chalcopyrite. ex Carter Rich, ex Steven Chamberlain collection, ex Paul Ostrinski 1981.

44 ark ((24 PEROVSKITE variety DYSANALYTE specimens)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Perovskite Hill, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, 6 to 10 MM, 24 Thumbnails, Here is a flat of octahedral Dysanalyte specimens from Magnet Cove. Dysanalyte is a variety of Perovskite.

45 ark ((24 BROOKITE on SMOKY QUARTZ)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Perovskite Hill, M agnet Cove, Arkansas, 3 to 4 cm, 24 Miniatures, Here is a flat of ugly Smoky Quartz from Magnet Cove with black lustrous Brookite crystals 2 to 8 MM.

46 ark ((19 QUARTZ aka ARKANSAS DIAMONDS)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Pike County, Arkansas, 1 to 2.5 cm, 19 Thumbnails, Here is a flat of double terminated Quartz known as Arkansas Diamonds.

47 ark ((19 PEROVSKITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Perovskite Hill, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, 3 to 5 MM, 19 Thumbnails, Here is a flat of black lustrous cubic Perovskite crystals from Magnet Cove. Perovskite crystals from here are usually octahedral in form. These cubic are uncommon to rare from this location.

48 ark ((23 ANATASE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Perovskite Hill, M agnet Cove, Arkansas, 5 to 10 MM, 23 Thumbnails, Here is a flat of brown Anatase crystals. The crystals are octahedral with a small flat terminaion. They may be pseudomorphs of Perovskite as I have seen some with black lustrous Perovskite and brown Anatase half and half halfbreed crystals.

49 ark ((53 WAVELLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas, 1.5 to 4 cm, 53 Thumbnails, Here is a flat small Wavellite specimens from Arkansas.

50 ark ((24 MAGNETITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Perovskite Hill, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, 1.2 to 3 cm, 24 Thumbnails, Here is a flat of brown octahedral Magnetite crystals with a few singles and mostly clusters.

51 ark ((12 ANATASE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Mid State Quarry, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, 1.5 to 7.5 cm, 12 Thumbnails to Cabinet, Here is a flat of Mid State Quarry Anatase. These are the well known form of Anatase, elongated octahedrons. These are small lustrous black crystals. A loop is helpful in seeing most crystals.

52 ark ((24 ANATASE on MAGNETITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Perovskite Hill, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, .5 to 4 cm, 24 Thumbnails, Here is a flat of dark brown octahedral Magnetite crystals and clusters with light brown octahedral Anatase crystals.

53 ark ((14 BOTRYOIDAL SIDERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Christy Pit, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, 2 to 3.5 cm, 14 Thumbnails to Miniatures, Here are botryoidal or spherical brown Siderites from Christy Pit in Magnet Cove.

54 ark ((24 WAVELLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Avant, Arkansas, 4 to 6 cm, 24 Miniatures, Avant Wavellite usually is more of an olive green and radial crystals forming in cracks and small spaces in the rock.

55 ark ((35 BROOKITE on SMOKY QUARTZ)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Perovskite Hill, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, 1 to 3 cm, 35 Miniatures, Here is a flat of ugly Smoky Quartz from Magnet Cove with black lustrous Brookite crystals 2 to 7 MM.

56 ark ((14 ANKERITE, SOLUTION QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Jeffrey Quarry, North Little Rock, Arkansas, 2 to 4 cm, 14 Miniatures, Ankerite on Solution Quartz from Arkansas.

57 ark ((7 SMOKY QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mooralla, Victoria, Australia, 2 to 2.5 cm, 7 Thumbnails, Australia black aka Smoky Quartz.

58 ark ((3 WAVELLITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas, 10 to 12 cm, Cabinet, Here are three Wavellite specimens from Arkansas.

58 ark ((3 WAVELLITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas, 10 to 12 cm, Cabinet, Here are three Wavellite specimens from Arkansas.

59 1566-511-9ldgcar ((STIBNITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Baia Mare, Maramures County, Romania, 8 x 6 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a solid group of intergrown Stibnite crystals from Romania. ex H Desinger collection.

60 1151-511-9ldgces ((HEMATITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Bozi Dar, Jachyov District, Krusne Hory Mts, Bohemia, Czech Republic, 7 x 5 x .8 cm, Cabinet, Here is a botryoidal Hematite with a polished and sawn flat back. ex H Desinger collection.

61 1147-511-9ldgces ((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Hunan Province, China, 6.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Gemmy light green cubic Fluorite from China. A couple of areas of damage. ex H Desinger collection.

62 858-511-9ldgcar ((BORNITE with AZURITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Wilhelmine Mine, Spessart Mountains, Bavaria, Germany, 5.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Location specimen for Bornite and Azurite in the Whilhelmine Mine. ex H Desinger collection.

63 1483-511-9ldgcrs ((TOURMALINE on ALBITE variety CLEAVELANDITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 6.5 x 6.5 x 5.5 cm, Miniature, Large thick Cleavelandite bladed crystals with some small associated non terminated Tourmaline. ex H Desinger collection.

64 1149-511-9ldgces ((GOETHITE pseudomorph after PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Urals Region, Russia, 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, ex H Desinger collection.

65 1991-511-9ldoces ((QUARTZ variety SMOKY)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Devils Head, Douglas County, Colorado, 9.5 x 7.5 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, A specimen of Microcline with several terminated Smoky Quartz crystals. ex H Desinger collection.

66 867-510-9ldocar ((MANGANOAN CALCIT)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Huanzala Mine, Peru, 7 x 5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, With a loop the crystals resemble the saddle back pink Dolomite, only the crystals are small and pink. ex H Desinger collection.

67 1244-510-9ldocrs ((CROCOITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Tasmania, Australia, 5.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Orange Crocoite crystals on matrix. ex H Desinger collection.

68 1142-510-9ldocts ((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Melchor, Muzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico, 6 x 5 x 3 cm, Miniature, A vug of purple cubic Fluorite crystals. ex H Desinger collection.

69 1983-511-9ldgcts ((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Gelbe Birke Mine, near Beierfeld, Erzgerbirge, Saxony, Germany, 10 x 5.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Light green Fluorite from an old German Mine, Gelbe Birke Mine ex H Deisinger collection from Germany.

70 1351-512-10ahmres ((SILVER with BORNITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, San Martin Mine, Zacatecas, Mexico, 5.5 x 5 cm, Miniature, Here is a thin sheet of solid Silver from Mexico. The Silver sheet has an iridescent blue coloration from Bornite. ex H Deisinger collection from Germany.
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71 512-10ahmrt ((QUARTZ pseudomorph after ARAGONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Clarendon, Donley County, Texas, 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Here another of these curious pseudomorphs that I had not run into previously. Its an Aragonite pseudomorphed to Quartz.

72 512-10ahmris ((CALCITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico, 19 x 12 x 8.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large cluster of Calcite from Santa Eulalia. Even though large, I do not see any damage.

73 511-9ldoces ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Schlema, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany, 11 x 7 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is another Schlema Calcite with another Calcite habit. This has sheaf like clusters of Calcite crystals. ex H Deisinger collection from Germany. ex H Deisinger collection from Germany.

74 511-9ldocar ((CELESTINE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Sakoany, Majunga Province, Madagascar, 6 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a aesthetic specimen of a large blue Celestine crystal with a 3.3 cm terminated crystal across the front. ex H Deisinger collection from Germany.

75 511-9ldocar ((SPHALERITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Taolin Mine, Yueyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China, 4 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a fine gemmy Chinese Sphalerite. For the most part undamaged especially all the major crystals are undamaged. ex H Deisinger collection from Germany.

76 511-9ldoces ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Freiberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany, 10 x 5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Freiberg Calcite. ex H Deisinger collection from Germany. ex H Deisinger collection from Germany.

77 511-9ldocrs ((CALCITE, FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China, 6 x 5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Cubic Fluorite crystals cover the matix with two large large undamaged Calcite crystals with a third smaller Calcite between the two large crystals. ex H Deisinger collection from Germany.


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